Accession No
1932.454 A
Description
String of small gold beads and amulets, including a fly.
Place
Africa; North Africa; Egypt; Matmar
Period
I Intermediate VII Dynasty VIII Dynasty
Source
Clarke, Louis C G [monetary donor]; Brunton, Guy [excavator]
Department
Arch
Reference Numbers
1932.454 A; 31/3047
Cultural Affliation
Material
Faience
Local Term
Measurements
Events
Context (CMS Context)
General note for 1932.454: Card says " four strings all from ?null (I can' t make sense of the last word)
Found: Grave 3047
Excavated by Guy Brunton in 1931
Event Date 30/5/1991
Author: maa
Description (CMS Description)
String of small gold beads and amulets.
Event Date 30/5/1991
Author: maa
Description (CMS Description)
A string of beads and amulets. The beads are made up of faience and gold seed beads. In addition there are a number of gold amulets including two in the rough shape of a bee and four other gold amulets, their shape unclear. In the centre there is one blue faience amulet.
Event Date 3/9/2013
Author: maa
Context (CMS Context)
(Bib): Brunton, Guy. 1948. British Museum Expedition to Middle Egypt 1929-1931 Matmar. London: Bernard Quaritch Ltd. pp. 37. XXVII, XXXI, XXXII, LXXII.
Event Date 13/5/2014
Author: Eleanor Wilkinson
FM:39088
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